Combined Arms Manoeuvre — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

main battle tanks in service
armoured fighting vehicles in service
manoeuvre brigades at readiness

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 15

Established 22

Transitional 34

Foundational 29

Nascent 50

Inception 46

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
3	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
4	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
7	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
9	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.50
10	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
18	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
19	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
20	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
21	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
22	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
23	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.43
24	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	13	Established	±0.00
25	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
26	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
27	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
28	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
32	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.50
33	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
34	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
35	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
36	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
37	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
38	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
40	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
42	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
43	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
45	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.83
46	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
47	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
49	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
52	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
53	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.23
54	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.87
55	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
56	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.87
57	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
58	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
59	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
60	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	9	Transitional	±1.48
61	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.87
62	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
63	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
64	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
66	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.00
67	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.87
68	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
70	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
71	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
72	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
73	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.71
74	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
75	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	8	Foundational	±1.50
76	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±1.09
77	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
78	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.71
79	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
80	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
81	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
82	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
83	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
85	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.50
86	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±1.09
87	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
88	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
89	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
90	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
91	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
92	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
93	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
94	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
95	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
96	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
97	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
98	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.71
99	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
100	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
102	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.71
103	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
104	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
105	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
112	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
113	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
117	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.50
118	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
119	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
120	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.87
121	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
123	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
124	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
126	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
128	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
130	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
132	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
135	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
139	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
140	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
142	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
143	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
144	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
145	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
146	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
147	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
148	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
149	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
151	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
152	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
153	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
154	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
155	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.71
156	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
158	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
159	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
160	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	2	Inception	±0.83
161	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	2	Inception	±0.87
162	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.50
163	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2	Inception	±0.50
164	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
165	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
166	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
167	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	1	Inception	±0.50
168	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
171	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
172	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
173	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	1	Inception	±0.83
175	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
176	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
177	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
178	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
179	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
180	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
181	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
182	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
183	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
184	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
185	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
186	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
187	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
188	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
189	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	0	Inception	±0.43
190	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
191	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	0	Inception	±0.00
192	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
193	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
194	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	0	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Land Power

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Land Fires	6.3	0–20	United States
Battlefield Aviation & Uncrewed Systems	6.1	0–20	United States
Special Operations & Irregular Warfare	7.1	0–20	United States